Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-09-23
AN ESSAY ON pocksrs
One mAtt,r In Which Women Are Genera.
Tons BehInd the Stronger ser.

tions BehInd the stroreer 60
II the hat, as Holmes aflirma "a ,ha
most vulnerable part Of the artificial
then pockets NAV bs do.
the most useful. They arc
so many invisible reticnies. to whose
Businesses we NAV consjon any tbino
from toothpick to loaf 81 bread
Unassuming and retiring in its habits.
the pocket rarely intrudes its presenca
on Its owner, and its dark recesses form,
an opposite storehousc for the ,nnat
miscellaneous and heterodox Of treas
ures.
Like all things else the pocket has
been evolved, and has advanced to it,
present state Of complexitv from var,
rude beginnings. The genesis Of tho
pocket is probably to be found in the
wallet or scrip Of the ancients. When
our ancestor conceived the idea 81 r..
cooperating the latter with the clothing.
at that precise time was pfcfigured the
possibilities and potentialities Of moderr
pockets.
Unfortunately literature az nockats
does not exist, and in the absence Of it
we are left to conjecture ma to tbeir
probable origin, illumined by no other
ray than what orr ingenuity Supplies.
We can fancy the rapture felt by our
primitive-ancestor when his exclusive
fancy gave birth to the first pocket.
We wonder il he had any glimmerinp
Of the enormous Importance of his in.
vention to successive generations OF
mankind. When Newton discovered
the principle of gravity and Watt the
properties Of steam, each of them had
some dim apprehension of the worth to
posterity of their respective concep-
tons. To the humble inventor Of the
pocket, however, it is unlikely that any
such president glimpse was permitted.
and he probably lived and died in 10.
noranee of the transcendant Importance
of his discoy cry. Society could gel
along very well without steam. and
very well without gravity, vet while the
names of the discoveries of these pro-
cesses are clothed with immortality,
that of the inventor of the pocket i.
unknown.
1t must be obvious to every one tina,
pockets are dependent for their number
and completely on the sartorial inter-.
ment which renders them possible. Mar
is still many generations behind tn,
kangaroo, for while the pouch of tn,
marsupial is natural, in the case of tb,
primates it is artificial. Naturalist.
tell us that in the animal kingdom tn,
wish to acquire any particular idiosyn
Grassy is the father of its development
As an instance of this. Mr.. Wa,Iac,
has made us acquainted with tn,
habits of certain butterflies, who, wish
ing to be mistaken for leaves, in tn
process of time, come to acquire TIL
coveted trait, to such happy purpos
that even the birds who prey on Their
are deluded by the resemblance. S
with pockets, we may reason that wha
man now initiates artificially, he vii
in the course of ages come to posses
naturally. and emerge from his prescn
chrysalis and imperfect state a fu
blown marsupial.
Having considered the pocket in it
strictly scientific aspect. let us conside
it in its social and general one. TIL
Importance of the pocket is best show
hv the nunber of articles to which, II ba
~ -, 80 Thara ,,oa,-ot tcol-'
naa -. - I'D oro,, 49, o
anu PocAe'-nhi'e' anu even Poch'
boroughs. Inc last twenty years ia
seen wonderful development IN thes
sack-like resources of civilization. Tn
hip pocket, with its beautiful crescent
shaped orifiee, is an American institl
ton rarely found out of the country {
~ or;n;n E,ronoa, natives aro mr.,
..' -, y: L. - - a,',;'te 49,
'ei "'''' .'Pl
Inventions, out IN no instance Is the
want OF adaptablilty to occasion MOI
plainly shown than in the reluctai
way they take to the hip pocket. III
latter. we maintain, is the summul
| bor,,m of marsun;ol develonment
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